The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has expressed its readiness to send humanitarian aid to the United States as devastating fires spread across Southern California.
In a Saturday message to Cliff Holtz, the president and chief executive officer of the American Red Cross, the IRCS head Pirhossein Kolivand expressed sympathy with the families of the victims of the wildfire.
"Drawing on our extensive experience in addressing natural and humanitarian disasters, we, in the Iranian Red Crescent Society, are ready to swiftly dispatch our specialized rapid reaction teams, rescue equipment, and committed and trained personnel to the [affected] areas," he said.
He added that the large-scale wildfires have devastated vast areas of the United States, "destroyed many homes and lives, jeopardized thousands of innocent people's lives, and turned the country's beautiful nature into ashes".
He emphasized that California fires not only constituted a national crisis but also a "wound on the human conscience” that inflicted pain on all responsible and compassionate people around the world.